Casa Indipendente
In zona Colle, precisamente in Via del Fontanile, proponiamo in vendita una soluzione semindipendente cielo-terra, disposta su due livelli e completamente da ristrutturare. L’immobile rappresenta un’interessante opportunità per chi desidera personalizzare gli ambienti secondo le proprie esigenze, valorizzando le…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €12,000 (€300/m²), it is cheap upfront, but complete renovation at roughly €700/m² brings the estimated all-in cost to about €40,000 (€1,000/m²), well above the local benchmark of €574/m². The listing provides no detail on the scope or permits for the renovation.
More on the house and the area
This is a highly photogenic old stone townhouse in a characterful Fiuggi hill village, with attractive mountain and valley views. However, it is explicitly completely to be renovated, and the gallery shows only the exterior, so it should be treated as a small restoration project rather than a ready-to-live-in home.
Certified wiring, water and drainage, a heat source, a roof that keeps the water out, one working bathroom. Facade, insulation, a second bathroom and the floors wait.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€8,000 – €14,000
Wiring, water and sanitary work of any kind, heating, air conditioning and gas go to a registered firm by law, and so do flues and the air openings for gas appliances. That labour stays in the bill. Yours is the stripping out, plaster, paint, floors, tiling and carpentry.
Labour is 61% of a renovation price on average and 67% at the median, across 191 items of the Emilia-Romagna 2025 public price list. Materials are the rest. An averaged price list, not a quote.
Materials you buy yourself carry 22% VAT; supplied by the firm doing the work they go at the 10% renovation rate. On a €30,000 materials bill that is €3,600 of extra tax.
Household wiring installed before 13 March 1990 counts as compliant if it has a main breaker with overcurrent protection, protection against direct contact and a 30 mA RCD. Having a firm bring the existing wiring up to that and certify it is the cheapest lawful route.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Completely to be renovated, with no interior photos confirming current livability.
- Only 40 sqm, so the layout may be very compact after renovation.
- Steep pedestrian lanes and uneven access could make moving materials and daily car access difficult.
- Energy class G and the condition suggest potentially substantial upgrade costs.
Estimate from the listing and its photos, not a survey. Treat it as the starting point for your own quotes. An Italian builder's quote is normally written without VAT and without design fees, so add about a quarter to any figure a firm gives you.
The area around
Location score 66/100The town sits in the Ernici area of the central Apennines, with wooded hills and mountain slopes close by. Fiuggi is known nationally for its thermal springs and spa town. The Monti Ernici rise nearby, and the upper Aniene valley is within the local area. The nearest larger centre is Frosinone, which provides the main rail, road and administrative services for this part of southern Lazio. Within about 15 km the landscape is mainly forested upland and settled hill country rather than a single protected landmark.